Moving…along1

Man, what a weekend!
Friday –> Went to SummerFest up in Milwaukee
Saturday –> Spent pretty much the whole day studying
Sunday –> Oh my…Sunday was an adventure…here’s where my next story begins…

As you might already know, my mom, my sister, and my sisters boyfriend used to share a townhome in the Chicago area. About a month ago, my mom moved to Tucson, Arizona to be closer to my grandparents. My sister Jyl, and her boyfriend Paul, found a roomate to replace my mom’s portion of the rent. Shortly after moving in, the new roommate secretly moved out, leaving Jyl and Paul to pay for the rent of this big townhome. Unable to pay the rent, Jyl called in for backup. Dad said that she and Paul could move in with him. Only one thing left to do, break the lease.

Jyl called the landlord. He agreed to terminate the lease at the end of the month with no penalty. Jyl then asked him if she could use her security deposit as last months rent. He agreed so Jyl didn’t give him a rent check for the month of July. Late Saturday night, Paul came home and found a Notice of Eviction in their mailbox. According to the letter, they were being evicted for failure to pay rent. In other words, they had five days to move out.

With tears in her eyes, Jyl called me later that night and asked me to come down and help them move. Being the nice little brother that I am, I agreed to help. I snapped this picture on my camera phone right before I left Rockford. I don’t think that I’ve ever paid that much for gas! Ahhhh! Oh, how I long for the days where gas was 99 cents a gallon! I am SO sore from all of the moving. I ended up leaving around 9 last night.

The moral of my story? Get everything in writing! It’s a simple case of “her word against mine.”

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See ya!

Rick